A. A. Milne was born in 1882 in London. He was a playwright and a journalist, as well as a poet and storyteller. His children's books were inspired by his son, Christopher Robin. Milne died in 1956.<P> E. H. Shepard was born in 1879 in England. His pictures of the Pooh characters are based on real toys owned by Christopher Robin Milne. Shepard died in 1976.
